As of this morning, my running streak has reached 2,749 days. Every day for the last six and a half years I’ve run at least a mile each day. Through rain and snow and freezing cold (or even an unseasonably warm January), I’ve gotten out the door to get my mile in. It’s so routine…
My Favorite Chart
Running long distances is hard. Not the most original thought I know, but a contributing factor for why ultras are such a niche sport. Not many people have the ability or inclination to run/walk/crawl for 10+ hours at a time. It’s the difficulty that initially drew me in and it’s what has kept me going…
2020 Long Haul 100 Race Report
Flat ain’t easy. Here’s the thing. After 6 years and 30 some odd races, I’m starting to become an old hat at ultras. Unfortunately, I’m also becoming forgetful in my old age as lessons I’ve learned in the past need to be relearned on a periodic basis. Like flat courses aren’t as easy as they…
Long Haul 100 Demographics
I’m a numbers guy through and through. As such, I like to look at who signs up to run 100 mile races with me. Data from the charts below are pulled from Ultrasignup, which does a pretty good job of capturing US ultra results however isn’t all inclusive. These splits are similar to what I’ve…
Where Did That Come From?
I swear. The more I learn about my body and running, the less I end up knowing about it. Saturday was my last long run of this training cycle heading up to Long Haul 100 in 2 weeks. I had a 20 miler scheduled. This is the same 20 miler that I have done 7…
2019 Mileage
I don’t plan out my mileage on an annual basis. I don’t set targets. And I don’t track it too closely as I go through the year. It’s a semi-random function of whatever runs I feel like doing during each of my mini training cycles heading up to my races. So I’m always a little…
2019 Year in Review
Well, as we approach the end of December, it’s time to look back on the year that was. I’m not the type of person that likes to rehash the past, however this is one of those required posts you have to do if you have a blog (it’s in the WordPress contract). Especially when you…
Annual Race Mileage
Since I’m done racing for the year, I thought I would go back and add up all the miles I raced this year. Considering the number of ultra I do each year (seven) and the number of those that are hundreds (three), the mileage adds up pretty quick. My 465 miles will end up being…
2019 Fast and Furriest 5K Race Report
Man, I hate racing 5Ks. It’s not the distance. I love running and 3 miles is typically when I start getting warmed up. But racing? That all out, ragged breath, heart in your throat type of running? Not my thing. But our family does Thanksgiving in Ocean City, NJ and like to run this race.…
Long Haul 100 Training
I was going to write “update” in the title of this post, but I don’t think I ever posted what I was going to do (or have been doing) so there isn’t anything to update. My training plans have morphed over the years from full blown day-by-day workouts to basically whatever I feel like doing.…